After years of trying to undermine Obama’s presidency and erase his legacy, Trump is reportedly not going to invite his predecessor to the traditional unveiling of his White House portrait
Trump was visibly embarrassed by the roast, deepening his grudge for Obama andeven inspiring his 2016 bid to replace him. Is that a petty reason to run for president? Of course it is. But Trump has long appeared to be fueled by grievance. During the last election cycle, his personal umbrage at Obama aligned with white America’s sense of resentment toward the nation’s first black president.
Other than further enriching himself and his friends and family, erasing Obama has been just about the only tangible accomplishment, as it were, of his presidency. Trump’s wall? Unbuilt. His attempts to replace the Affordable Care Act? He couldn’t even do it when his party controlled both chambers of Congress, thanks to a dearth of any substantive ideas.
“This modern ritual won’t be taking place between Obama and [Trump],” people familiar with the matter . “And if Trump wins a second term in November, it could be 2025 before Obama returns to the White House to see his portrait displayed among every U.S. president from George Washington to [As NBC News noted, the ritual has been meant to project harmony among presidents, even those with significant policy differences, as was the case with Obama and Bush. “We may have our differences politically,” Obama said at Bush’s ceremony in 2012, “but the presidency transcends those differences.
has been as revolting as it is confusing, with Trump accusing Obama of crimes even he cannot name. His sons, meanwhile, have mounted an even more repulsive insinuation campaign against Obama’s former vice president,
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